The Magic of Upcycling - The Journey

Once unusable fan covers, the transformation into these versatile trays is brilliant. Challenging traditional weaving skills, this painstaking process takes up to 50 hours or more from harvesting, splitting and processing the material to weaving a finished piece.

Watch our journey in developing "The Magic of Upcycling" to an award-winning craft!

Your support towards this project is a true gesture of appreciation for Sarawak’s fine crafts and a contribution towards sustainability and improving the livelihoods of our rural communities.

Traditional hand tools are used to cut and strip the rattan

Each piece is painstakingly handwoven

The process: before, during and once completed

The community of weavers at Rh.Kerapa Spak, Betong

Award certificate from World crafts Council, in recognition of this woven craft (2018)